It would not be surprising if after reading this title, many people would frown and then laughed. But that is the ambition and goals that Omar Berrada CEO sets for MU, not an imagination story.
“It is the establishment of a series of goals in a specific time frame, so we can focus all efforts and energy on the implementation of that goal. Can MU be able to win the Premier League in 2028? Of course yes. We have just finished the 15th season, and that sounds impossible. But why is it that it doesn't work?” Fanzine “United We Stand”.
First, we need to understand the context a bit. Why is it in 2028 instead of 2027, 2029 or something else? The answer lies in 2028, MU will celebrate the 150th anniversary of its establishment since being born under the name Newton Heath in 1878. Due to an important milestone, MU leadership wants to set a big goal for the club to aim, and the Premier League championship for the first time since 2012/13 season has certainly become the best thing.
The context and ideas are very clear, but the question is: Is that ambition too much, even unreasonable with MU or completely reality?
If you look at what MU has experienced since the post -Sir Alex Ferguson and especially last season, many Red Devils fans certainly just laugh, not to mention neutral fans. Recently less than 1 month ago, MU closed the Premier League 2024/25 at the 15th place on the rankings, marking their worst season since the fall of the 1973/74 season. During the simple addition, the Old Trafford team was 42 points behind the Liverpool championship team – a few imagined people.
Under the new coach Ruben Amorim, MU continued to not see the bottom despite the Europa League final. Almost all the links in the team's squad are “waste”, with Bruno Fernandes, Amad Diallo or Harry Maguire are considered rare bright spots. In other words, the current MU collective is like a remnant with the poor and inferior to the extreme. The tactical imprints that Amorim created were relatively limited, when MU played with a more spontaneous feeling rather than a methodical.
Obviously, after what has shown, MU remaining fierce Premier League is lucky. Yet this team dreamed of winning in 2028, they had two more seasons (2025/26 and 2026/27) to prepare. Saying mouth is always easy and no one taxes the dream, but it is important that MU needs to embark on action. With the current Red Devils, the actions here are not acting in the usual sense, but to be fierce, thorough and methodical.
In fact, MU has started the reconstruction in the summer of 2025 by bringing to striker Matheus Cunha from Wolves. In theory, this is the quality contract of the Red Devils, because the Brazilian player is a very versatile and important player that has confirmed the quality in the Premier League. However, Cunha alone is definitely not enough and MU understands that. They are continuing to operate in the transfer market, promising to bring back to Old Trafford more names.
There are rookies as one thing, because coach Amorim will need to assemble to help MU shape a clear and stable gameplay. The Red Devils will counterattack, control the ball or any other tactics, which will be extremely important to shape the club's identity. Only when building a standard style, matching and suitable for the players, MU has the hope of competition for titles in general and Premier League in particular.
Back to the question at the beginning of the article, is it a mysterious or reality when MU aims to reach the top of the Premier League in 2028? The answer lies in MU itself. If they want to turn the illusory capital to become realistic, they will have to be serious with the project, make the maximum effort to rebuild everything in a methodical manner right from the 2025/26 season as a launch pad.
In the context of rivals like Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal or Chelsea increasingly evolved and invested strongly, not to mention the common ground of the Premier League is also stronger, MU will need a speedy and standard revolution. The face of the Red Devils next season will definitely be the most steel answer to Omar Berrada's ambition.
